Search

Showing results for

Content type

Article Type

Topics

Tags

Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
Article

What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

Read the Full Article
An aerial view of the Hawaii's shore with lava flowing into the ocean from Kilauea volcano.
Article

Island Ecosystem Transformation via Lava

Read the Full Article
An image from a drone of Majuro island
Article

Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

Read the Full Article
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Watson

Read the Full Overview
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
Lesson Plan

It’s Not Just the Core that Tells the Hole Story

Read the Full Overview
A map of the Mid Ocean Ridge
Article

Making a Mark on the Ocean Floor

Read the Full Article
red worms penetrate holes in bone
Article

Zombie Worms Crave Bone

Read the Full Article
Geophysicist Jian Lin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studied the earthquake site that triggered 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. New tools to map seafloor earthquakes—like this robotic Autonomous Benthic Explorer—enhance our understanding of catastrophic events, such as the tsunami.
Photo

Seafloor Earthquakes Study

View Image
a brittle star clings to a pink coral
Overview

Deep-Sea Corals

Read the Full Overview
A multi-colored map of the mid-Atlantic ride made from satellite imagery.
Article

How the Ocean Floor Helped Seal the Deal for Plate Tectonics

Read the Full Article
An archaeologist arranges a deep-sea core.
Photo

Sediment Cores

View Image
This Japanese research ship drills into the ocean floor to learn about Earth’s history and structure.
Photo

Deep Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu

View Image